728 Behind the Back (2/2)
The noises seemed to have been frozen. There was no reaction from the temple far away.
The quakes in the void suddenly grew intense, and the tiny spots of light were melted into the Yuri statue. Then, the Yuri statue was gradually blurred on the spot, until it was nowhere to be seen again!
”It has melted with time and space?” Katrina was deeply astounded by the scene, which she had never seen before. ”Is this the subtlety of legendary power? But why does it carry a tiny hint of divine power?”
She shook her head and calmed herself down. Erasing the traces around carefully, she returned to the hotel.
When Katrina's back disappeared at the end of the street, a bird that was absolutely black, with a cluster of hilarious and cold feathers on the head, swooped from the dark night.
Hovering, the bird stopped on the head of the God of Craftsmen and let out an obscure voice that nobody could hear. ”Lucien Evans is truly gathering faith in secret. It seems that he is very confident about his theory… He's bold enough to steal Heit's power of faith…
”… And he sent a student for the mission. It would have fooled everyone if it weren't for me…
”No, I have to find a way to remind Heit. Lucien Evans cannot be allowed to collect the power of faith smoothly, or he will step into the level of demigods faster than everybody else…”
The bird flew down from the statue and circled it while uttering weird, appalling tweets as if it were informing every living creature of their time of death.
...
On the third day after Katrina left Hamina City…
A team of dwarf soldiers discovered ”cultists” who slandered the God of Steam during their patrol and were engaged in a fierce battle.
As it happened, there were senior-rank casters among the cultists. The dwarf soldiers suffered heavy losses. Thankfully, the temple of Heit was around, and a few priests soon arrived, surrounding those cultists in a square not far away.
Divine power burst out everywhere, raising the most extraordinary views in the square. One cultist fell after another, and the square was on the verge of destruction.
BOOM!
The priest and the senior-rank caster among the cultists launched Sunstrike at each other. The aftermath of their battle swept across the square, shaking and shattering the statue of Heit. The holy light and the silver lines on it flashed.
During the flash, Heit, who was deep inside the temple, opened his eyes. Two clusters of gold fire were burning in them, which reflected his furious heart.
He extended his hand, and the statue of the bald Yuri appeared in his palm.
”Who is stealing my power of faith?” In fury, Heit gnashed his teeth. ”The God of Steam? Lucien Evans!”
The wind of fury swept across the whole temple, and a gold fire descended from the sky, burning the senior-rank caster into ashes.
After examining the survivors' memories carefully, Heit was silent for a moment, before he shouted in exasperation, ”You can steal my power of faith, and I can steal yours!”
His eyes were focused on the statue of Yuri in his hand. Then, he enveloped it carefully with a golden flame, so that he would not alert anyone.
...
Inside the Atomic Universe, a vague gold light appeared on the statue of ”God of Steam” Yuri. Nobody would've discovered it if they hadn't been watching it all the time.
Inside the magic tower, Lucien was briefly stunned. He turned around and looked out, his lips curling into a smile.